A sudden blast of messages Tweeted today by the likes of various Harmonix employees have confirmed what just about every single one of us was expecting. Rock Band 3 is real and is coming this 2010 holiday season.

Originally Posted by Deliciousbees
BAM! Philippe Dauman announces Rock Band 3 for this year. Finally, I can tell people what I’ve been lead designing.

Originally Posted by johntdrake
VIacom CEO and President Philippe Dauman has confirmed that Harmonix is working on Rock Band 3, for release Holiday 2010! WOOO!

Originally Posted by HMXhenry
1) Yes, RB3 is a thing. 2) Yes, HMX is working on it. 3) Yes, it will be awesome.

Harmonix has recently opened up the Rock Band Network, which allows just about anyone in the world to put their crappy band up for sale on Rock Band 2.

Will Rock Band 3 support the Rock Band Network? Will every single one of our songs we’ve purchased follow to the next game? You bet your sweet ass it will (and if it doesn’t we are busting some skulls).

Official announcements coming soon.

Looks like someone isn’t very happy about people having fun with plastic instruments.

Let’s show how much we appreciate Lorne’s contribution by commenting and making customs of his song to play on our plastic instruments.

Irony at it’s finest.

Feel like ranting about some crappy DLC? Does the thought of *insert band here*: Rock Band/Guitar Hero make you want to rip your face off your face? Did Frankie or toymachine say something that makes you laugh/cry/vomit/angry? Do you have questions for your favorite Starpower host? Whatever it may be, feel free to give us a call and maybe YOUR voice will be featured on the next episode of Starpower Podcast!!!

HO HO HOOOOO!!!! Merrrrrrrrrrry Christmas! The end of 2009 has finally arrived and Starpower Podcast wants to celebrate with Holiday Bullshit PART DEUX!

With really nothing in particular to talk about, join main hosts John, Elliott, Frankie and Rob as we call some of our friends and reflect a bit on 2009 and a bit on to 2010.

Topics Discussed:

ScoreHero News
Vixenita calls to say hello
Frankie’s birthday party discussion w/ joerod and DevilMayAsian
Chris Vance takes a break from WoW to bless us with his presence
GearsOfWarCRAZY drops some hilarious Starpower exclusive bombs!
Phr34k joins us and tells us a little bit about Rhythm Authors
Green Day: Rock Band reveal and discussion
SArmstr0ng joins the podcast!
Brief call with MDCLXX
Holiday Bullshit Part 1 (random topics)
Holiday Bullshit Part 2 (more random topics)
Outro’s w/ some singing from our very own No1ButU

All of us here at Starpower Podcast want to wish you, our loyal listeners and fellow brothers and sisters of ScoreHero and plastic instrument games a VERY Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanza, Happy Festivus, etc., etc.! We love all of you and hope your day is splendidly awesome!

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And as 2009 winds down, the Gods of Plastic Instrument development bring us yet more colored circles/rectangles to eliminate at a rapid pace. We are greeted with two casual games for both young and old plastic rock stars alike, as well as the debut of Van Halen in their own branded Guitar Hero video game…

And amidst all of the madness, a new beast looms its plastic turntable head…DJ Hero has landed and has caused quite a stir in the video game universe.

Join toymachine, FrankieB, Rob, Eveyln Ng (evybabee), Tommy @ RockBandAide, Graf and azuritereaction as we talk about Guitar Hero: Van Halen, whether or not Lego: Rock Band or Band Hero is superior and an in-depth discussion on the insanity that is DJ Hero.

Topics Discussed:

ScoreHero News
Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Lego: Rock Band VS Band Hero
DJ Hero
DLC Roundup
General Discussion
Shout-outs

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It’s been 72 days today since Harmonix gave us a game to play and it never really went out of style and it made the whole community smile. So may I introduce to you the game you’ve waited for all these years! Starpower Podcast: The Beatles Rock Band!!!

Cdylan13, Cena, and Bear join Starpower Podcast to discuss The Beatles: Rock Band!

Things even get a bit heated in general discussion when GH vs. RB ensues care of Cdylan13

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Sure, Guitar Hero 5 came out like a year ago, but who cares! Once upon a time, Starpower Podcast had the brilliant idea of releasing a single episode featuring two separate games, but because both recordings & games are made of hot, sweaty awesomeness we decided to split them into two separate releases. Join Elliott, FrankieB, Rob, John, Andrew (dr00bles), Anthony (memesis), Jordan Dodge and the infamous Chris Vance as we talk about everything awesome that is the next evolution in the Guitar Hero universe.

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Listen in as Elliott and Ol discuss the origins of Evile, his enormous love for video games, Evile’s new album Infected Nations and tour information, more video game & small talk with George about his Thrasher FC, as well as questions answered from YOU, our fans!

REALLY important stuff & links!

Ol’ Drake’s MySpace
Ol’ Drake’s YouTube
Evile’s MySpace
Evile’s YouTube
Evile’s Website
Earache Records
Earache Records YouTube

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All of us at Starpower! would like to thank Earache Records, Evile and especially Ol’ Drake for giving us this awesome opportunity!

An epic episode of epic proportions! Join main hosts Elliott, Frankie, Jed, Mark and Rob for this self congratulatory episode! EPISODE 25!!!!!!!

Listen in as we prank and call all kinds of ScoreHero and Guitar Hero celebrities, featuring PriestMLH, DevilMayAsian, Jordan Dodge, Chris Vance and many more!

Topics Discussed:

HOW AWESOME WE ARE
Shoutouts

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The greatest songs of Guitar Hero has been released on Smash Hits! Join a gigantic cast of characters as we discuss the new game. Also, listen to Ryan from Rock Band Parts and all the members from ATU Band (Approaching the Unreal on YouTube) describe the mayhem that was E3 and describe all of the new plastic instrument games they played. Also discussed, the DLC roundup for all of the most recent rhythm games.

The full cast of characters (EPIC LIST!!!)

Elliott (toymachine)
FrankieB (…FrankieB)
JED!!!
Rob (fcphantom)
James (jameslikecoulter)
Stephen (BillTVShow)
Lee (IBitePrettyHard)
Mike (ravagetalon)
Kirsten (Vixenita)
Ben (beberle2)
Garry (HellAshes)
Ryan from RockBandParts.com
Jeff (DevilMayAsian)

Topics Discussed:

Recent ScoreHero News
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and everything in between
ATU Band + E3 Aftermath Discussion with Lee, Stephen and Ryan
New GH5 News
DLC Roundup + General Discussion
More General Discussion!
Shoutouts
BillTVShow sings Superstition!
GH: Modern Hits Review (lol)

On a side note, in case anyone is curious as to who is playing before ScoreHero news, that band is some friends of mine called Spent, a local band out of Lexington, Kentucky. If you’re interested at all in their other music, check out http://www.myspace.com/spent.

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